• DocumentCode
    1538334
  • Title

    Characterisation of coplanar waveguide on epitaxial layers

  • Author

    Williams, D.F. ; Belquin, J.M. ; Spisser, A. ; Cappy, A. ; Dambrine, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
  • Volume
    33
  • Issue
    17
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    8/14/1997 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1468
  • Lastpage
    1469
  • Abstract
    The effect of thin AlInAs-GaInAs epitaxial layers on the propagation of electrical signals in coplanar waveguide transmission lines fabricated on semi-insulating indium phosphide substrates is examined. It is shown that argon isolation implants effectively reduce conduction losses in these layers to negligible levels at radio, microwave, and millimetre-wave frequencies
  • Keywords
    aluminium compounds; coplanar waveguides; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; ion implantation; losses; semiconductor epitaxial layers; AlInAs-GaInAs epitaxial layers; AlInAs-GaInAs-InP; Ar isolation implants; CPW transmission lines; InP; conduction losses; coplanar waveguide; electrical signal propagation; epitaxial layers; microwave frequencies; millimetre-wave frequencies; radiowave frequencies; semiinsulating InP substrates;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19970969
  • Filename
    621642